Also Have Complaints
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Samoan Medical Men Also Have Complaints
From Our Own Correspondent SAMOAN Medical Practitioners —about 40 of them—presented a list of complaints to the NZ Territories Minister (Mr. T. L.
Macdonald) during his July visit to Western Samoa.
The complainants asked for “recognition of their status and professional training” and higher salary grading. They alleged that an unsympathetic attitude towards them prevailed in official medical circles at Apia.
Copies of the letter containing the grievances have gone to the United Nations, to the High Com missioner for Westen Samoa, to the Public Service Commissioner and to the Hon. Fautua.
The letter indicated that if no satisfactory solution of the grievances were offered, the SMP’s were determined to resign en bloc. t The principal of the Australian Public Services Institute (Mr. D.
I. Glastonbury* and two staff lecturers have been touring New’
Guinea centres to make contat, with Administration officers wh are studying courses arranged b the Institute. Mr. Glastonbury an the tutorial staff will make sever:’ tours duing the year to help office; doing courses in matriculation an university subjects, or studying fo Second Division and Patrol Officen examinations.